Eames Plastic Side Chair by Vitra was designed by Charles and Ray Eames and first introduced in 1950, making it one of the earliest mass-produced plastic shell chairs in design history. The Eameses developed the chair as part of their systematic exploration of the single-piece moulded shell seat — a research project that had begun with fibreglass prototypes in the late 1940s and that represented a genuine ambition to produce a high-quality, affordable chair using industrial manufacturing processes. The result was a chair of extraordinary formal clarity: a sculptural, gently curved shell that follows the body's contours and distributes seating load naturally across its continuous surface, mounted on a choice of base configurations including the iconic wire Eiffel base, wooden legs, and rocker variants.

The Eames Plastic Side Chair has been in continuous production for over seventy years — first in fibreglass, and since 1999 by Vitra in polypropylene — and remains one of the most recognisable and widely specified chairs in the modern canon. Its shell form, with the characteristic subtle dip between seat and backrest, is as resolved today as it was in 1950. The chair works across an extraordinary range of contexts: residential dining rooms, educational and institutional environments, offices, restaurant seating, conference rooms and outdoor use on the appropriate base. Its colour range and base options make it one of the most versatile chairs in specification practice.

Architects and interior designers specifying the Eames Plastic Side Chair for residential, commercial, hospitality and educational environments will find the DWG drawing and CAD block invaluable for seating layout, table configuration and interior documentation. The 3D model supports BIM-accurate spatial planning across all project types. A foundational specification resource for any project where this canonical Charles and Ray Eames design is part of the interior brief.

Available as a 2D DWG drawing and 3D model.